Union-suit.



N. PATCHL UNlON SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. ms.

, Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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NATHAN HATCH, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

UNION-SUIT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, NATHAN Huron, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Albany, county of Albany, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new or useful Improvements in Union-Suits; and I dodccla re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains make and use the same. reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The invention relates to an article of Wearing apparel, moreparticularly to union undergarments for men, women and children.

One of the objects of the invention is to construct a union suit to fitthe body of the wearer perfectly and securely, and to make it-very easyto put on and take off.

Another object is to construct a garment in which it is not necessary toprovide buttons and buttonholes or the securing means which are usual inundergarments, thereby lessening the expense of manufacture andpreventing the annoyance due to the loss of buttons from the garment andthe wearing of the buttonholes.

Another object is to so construct the union undergarment that it will beself-supporting over the shoulders of the wearer.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims.

The garment is so constructed that it may be very easily donned and aseasily slipped off the body of the wearer, yet while being worn it issecurely and effectually held in place upon the body due to the new andparticular construction of the shoulder and neck portions. Furthermore,the construction of the garment is such that the neck portion whenopened out will extend entirely to the outer portion of the shoulder oneach side so that the neck opening will be of suflicient size to pull uparound any po tion of the body. The garment is put on the body of thewearer by inserting the legs through the open neck portion into the legportions, in the usual way, and then the upper portion of the garment isdrawn up around the upper portion of the body, the arms are in sertedinto the sleeves and the neck portion will then close over theshoulders, as will be hereinafter more specifically described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 23, 19t7.

Application filed April 21,1916. Serial No. 92,595.

side of the figure. Fig. J: is a side view of Fig. 2 with the sleeveremoved looking in the direction of the arrow.

In the detailed description, similar reference characters indicate thesame parts in the several views.

The part marked A represents the body portion of the garment, B the legportions and C the arm portions. Extending from the points 2 and 3 at orabout the arm pits, are front and back flaps E and F covering the chestand back of the body respectively. The back flap is bounded by the lines2, 4, (3, 8 and 3, and the front flap is bounded by the lines 2, 5, 7, Jand 3. The lines 2, 4,2, 5, 3, 8, and 3, 9, form the arm holes. Theupper portions of the front and back flaps are cut away in asubstantially curved line so as to make a nicely formed neck opening andat the same time provide shoulder flaps which are to be turned over theshoulder and secured at their outer edges to the sleeve.

Referring to Fig. '4, the shoulder flaps formed at the upper and outercorners of the front or chest flap are turned over the shoulder so thatthey will he underneath the upper and outer corners of the shoulderflaps of the back flap, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The outeredges of the shoulder flaps are secured to the sleeve between the points10 and 12 in the usual way.

I preferably turn the back shoulder flaps over the front shoulder flaps,as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and so that the suspenders of the wearerwill not cause a buckling of either flap, which might be the case shouldthe front shoulder flap be turned over the back shoulder flap.

The outer side edges of the shoulder flaps are either securedby sewingor other suitable means to the sleeve and to each other throughout theline indicated between the flap F are left free between the points '10and 20, and the free ends of these flaps are secured to the front of thegarment by a button and button-hole or by any other suitable means atthe point 15 as indicated in Fig. 2. I

With my improved construction, when the union suit is adjusted in placeupon the body of the wearer, the upper shoulder flaps will rest and binddown upon the lower shoulder flaps, thereby holding the garment securelyin place upon the shoulders of the wearer without danger of any portionof the garment becoming misplaced. At the same time, these flaps can'bepushed aside by the hands leaving a full opening at the upper portion ofthe garment amply'sufiicient in order to permit the wearer to disrobe.

The garment may be made of either woven, knitted or other suitablefabric, and except for the novel features of construction which form myinvention, it is made in the usual way; namely the leg portions may belong or short, the arm portions long or short; the leg and arm ends areribbed and finished as usual and the border of the neck and shoulderflaps are finished in the usual manner. The garment may also be providedwith an open and overlapping fly construction and it is provided'withthe usual substantially longitudinal opening in the seatthereof. s

l have illustrated and described the embodiment of my invention which Ibelieve to be the one best accomplishing the object which I have inview; nevertheless the invention is not restricted in details except asdefinitely expressed in the claims.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a union suit, a trunk portion, chest and back flaps extendingupwardly theremas er from, the upper corners of each flap forming pairsof shoulder portions, one pair overlapping the other pair, the pair ofshoulder portions formed from the chest flap extending rearwardly of thehorizontal medial line 7 of the shoulders and the pair of shoulderportions formed from the back flap extending forwardly of the horizontalmedial line of the shoulders, each pair of shouldenpor tions beingsecured to the garment at their outer ends, the side edges of the chestand back flaps forming the armholes, the entire upper edges being freeof each other from shoulder seam to shoulder seam to form the bodyopening when separated and the neck opening when closed. 7

2. In a union suit, a trunk portion, chest and back flaps extend ngupwardly therefrom, the upper corners of each flap forming pairs ofshoulder portions, the rear pair overlapping the front pair, the pair ofshoulder portions formed from the chest flap extending rearwardly of thehorizontal medial line of the shoulders and the pair of shoulderportions formed from the back flap extending forwardly of the horizontalmedial line of the shoulders, each pair of shoulder portions beingsecured to the garment throughout their side edges, the side edges ofthe chest and back flaps forming the arm-. holes, the entire upper edgesbeing free. of

each other from shoulder seam to shoulder seam to form the body openingwhen separated, and the neck opening when closed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto. set my hand at borough of Manhattan,city and county of New York and State of New York this 17th day ofApril, 1916.

Grouse W. KAVANAUGH, ISABEL R. RICHARDS.

